Cigar-tip cutter.



PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

E. WALKER.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1904.

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EDWIN WALKER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,864, dated June 20,1905. 7

Application filed May 11, 1904- Serial No. 207.494:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification. The present invention appertainsto certain novel and useful improvements in a cutter mechanism adaptedto be used for cutting or perforating the end or tip of a cigar.

In carrying out my invention I have in con- I templation so constructingthe cutter and its operating mechanism that when a cigar is placed withits tip or end in the cutter-head and actuating pressure is applied tothe latter a rotary and reciprocating motion will be imparted to thecutting member whereby the latter will be forced or thrust into the endof the cigar to pierce or perforate the same, while when such actuatingpressure is removed or ceases and the cutter is returned to its normallyinoperative position the cutting member will be drawn into its socketaway from the tip seat or opening.

It is also my intention to provide a mechanism through the medium ofwhich a clean regular incision or perforation may be made in the tip ofthe cigar without disturbing or breaking the wrapper, for in operatingmy device the pressure is not applied to the cigar, as is the case whenthe latter is jammed or thrust into the cutter .to operate the knife orblade; but such actuating pressure is applied directly to thecutter-head by the operator depressing the head with the fingers, thuspreventing the breaking or destruction of the wrapper of the cigar.

A further object of my invention is to devise and construct a cutterwhich will embody the essential and desired features of simplicity,durability, and convenience, while pos sessing theadvantage of ease andpositiveness in operation.

With the above-recited objects and others of a similar nature in view myinvention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as is described in this specification, delineated in theaccompanying drawings, and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in elevation and partly in section. of acutter embodying my improvements, the depressed cutting position of themechanism being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thecutter-head. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view taken through the tubular cutter-blade andhollow spindle.

Referring now to'the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter Aindicates, as a whole, the frame of the device, this comprising in thepresent instance the base-plate 5 and the supporting-standard 6,extending upward therefrom. Pivotally secured, as at 7 to the standardare the laterally-projecting approximately parallel arms 8 and 9,pivotally supporting and sustaining at their outer ends the cutter-headof the device, which latter I have designated as an entirety by B. Thebody of this cutter-head comprises, essentially, thehorizontally-disposed top plate 10, which also forms a rest for thefingers of the operator in actuating the mechanism, a socketed casing orhousing 11 for the reception of the cutter member or blade and itsoperating mechanism, and a vertically-disposed web or bar 12, formedintegral with and connecting the parts 10 and 11. Through this web passthe pivot-pins 13 13, connecting the arms 8 and 9 to the head. The topplate is formed with a relatively large approximately circular opening14, through which the body of the cigar is thrust to placethe tipthereof in the seat-opening 15 out in the portion 11, this apertured topplate insuring that the cigar when inserted shall be truly alined withthe cutter-blade, so that the latter in its movement shall pierce thecenter ofthe cigar-tip. This tip-seat 15, which in the present instanceis nearly circular in. form and has the wall thereof inclined ordiverged outwardly to conform to the shape of the cigar end,communicates with the tubular socket 163, in which the cutter memberproper moves. My preferred cutter comprises an approximately hollowcylindrical spindle portion 17, carrying a tubular perforating pin orblade 18, the point of the latter being beveled and sharpened. Thespindle and blade are hollow or tubular to permit the cuttings to passtherethrough and drop into a receiving-cup in the base of the frame.Around the body of the spindle 17 there is formed the helical groove 19,designed to engage with and seat the similarly-arranged rib or thread20, projecting from the inner wall of the socket, so that when a rotarymotion is given to the spindle a reciprocating movement willsimultaneously be imparted to the latter. In order to impart such rotarymotion to the spindle and its cutter, the surface of the former isfluted or grooved longi tudinally, as at 21, to cooperate with thetoothed or rack face 22 of the bar 23, the lat ter sliding in a way orslot 24:, extending transversely through the laterally-widened part 25of the housing and meeting the socket portion at approximately rightangles. The end of the smooth non-serrated part 26 of the bar 23 isconnected with a short angular arm 27, which projects from the arm 9,the free extremity of the arm 27 being slotted for the reception of theset-screw 29, such slot being designated in the drawings by the numeral28." The shank of the screw is threaded into the end of the bar, as isclearly seen in Fig. 3, this construction above recited permitting thearm 27 to have slidable movement relative to the bar the distance of thelength of the slot.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of my invention will be readilyunderstood. The cigar (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) is passedthrough the opening in the top plate 10 of the head and the tip restedin the seat-opening. The operator then depresses the cutter-head to theposition shown in dotted lines in said figure by bearing upon the plate10 with the fingers, and during the downward travel of the cutterheadthe arm 27, swinging backward toward the vertical standard 6, willretract the bar 23. As the bar slides in its slot the rack portionthereof engaging with the fluted surface of the cutter-spindle willcause the latter to revolve, and the spindle will take a path ofvertical movement in its socket through the cooperation of the ribs ofthe socket with the' helical groove in the spindle. .Thus the blade orcutter point will be advanced until it projects through theseat-opening, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the tip of thecigar will be neatly and thoroughly pierced or perforated, the cuttingspassing through the tubular blade and hollow spindle and dropping into areceiver on the base of the frame. When the cigar is lifted from thecutter and pressure is removed from the head, the latter will bereturned to its normally inoperative position through the medium of thetensionspring 30, bearing against the arm 9,v for the purpose of forcingand holding the latter in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

The many advantages incident to my improved cutter other than thosespecified will be readily apparent, so that it is unnecessary toenumerate the same in detail. The supporting-frame may be made in anydesired ornamental form or shape, and, while 1 have herein shown anddescribed one embodiment of my invention it will of course be understoodthat I do not confine myself to all the precise details of constructionthereof, as there may be modification and variation with respect tocertain parts without departing from they spirit of the invention orsacrificing any of the advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-frame, acigar-receiving member pivotally connected therewith, said membercomprising a socketed portion, an apertured top plate and a webconnecting the socketed portion with the top plate, a rotatablereciprocating cutter mounted in the socketed portion and adapted topierce or perforate the tip of a cigar placed in the receiving member,and means to actuate the cutteroperated by the depression of thecigar-receiving member.

2. A device of the character described comprising a supporting-frame, anarm, a cigarreceiving member pivotally connected to said arm, areciprocating and rotating cutter carried by the receiving member andadapted to pierce or perforate a cigar placed in the receiving member,means operatively connected to said arm for imparting a rotary movementto thecutter, and means for reciprocating said cutter.

3. A device of the character described comprising a main frame, adepressible cigar-receiving member arranged adjacent to the main frame,and pivotally connected thereto, a rotary, reciprocating cutter carriedby the cigarreceiving member, and means to actuate the cutter operatedby the depression of the cigar-receiving member.

4. A device of the character described comprising a frame, a swingingcigar-receiving member mounted for movement on said frame, areciprocating and rotating cutter carried thereby, means for rotatingsaid cutter during giving reciprocating movement to the cutter. I

5. A device of the character described, comprising a frame, an armpivoted thereto, a cigar-receiving member pivoted to said arm and havinga seat therein for the reception of a tip of a cigar, said member havinga socket communicating with the tip-seat, a cutter in said socket, acomparatively short arm projectingat an angle to the first-mentionedarm, and-means connected to said short arm for moving the cutter intothe seat to pierce or cut a cigar resting therein.

6. In a device of the character described, a cutter-head, comprising acutter-casing having a seat-opening for the reception of a cigar-tip, ahorizontally-disposed top-plate spaced apart from the casing and havingan aperture for the passage of a cigar-tip, a webplate connecting thetop plate and casing, and a cutter in said casing adapted to beprojected through the tip-opening in the casing.

7. The combination of a frame, the cutterhead, a pivotal'connectionbetween the cutterhead and the frame, a rotatable, reciprocatingcutting-blade carried by the head, and means connected to the pivotalconnection for imparting movement to said cutter.

8. The combination of a frame, a cutterhead, a plurality of pivoted armspivotally securing the cutter-head to the frame, said outter-head havinga cigar-tip-receiving seat therein and a socket communicating with saidseat, a spindle mounted to vertically reciprocate in said socket, acutter-blade carried by said spindle and adapted to project into thetip-receiving seat during the reciprocation of the spindle, and meansactuated by the movement of the cutter-head for operating said spindleand the blade.

9. The combination of a frame, a cigar-receiving member therefor, saidmember comprising an apertured top plate, a socketed cutter casing orhousing connected to said top plate, a rotary cutter mounted in thesocket of the housing, and means for impartinga rotary motion to thecutter.

10. The combination of a frame, a cigar-receiving member therefor, saidmember comprising an apertured top plate, a web and a socketed cuttercasing or housing carried by said web, a fluted rotary spindle adaptedto reciprocate in the socket of the casing, a rotary cutter-bladecarried by said spindle, means for imparting a rotary motion to thespindle, said latter means comprising a rackbar movably mounted in aslot formed in the casing and communicating with the socket, suchrack-bar engaging with the fluted surface of the spindle, and means forreciprocating the cutter.

11. The combination of aframe, an arm pivoted thereto, a cigar-receivingmember pivoted to said arm, said receiving member having'a cigar-tipseat therein, a rotatable, reciprocating cutter mounted adjacent to theseat and adapted in its reciprocation to project into the latter, meansfor reciprocating the cutter means for rotating the cutter, and aconnection between the last-mentioned means and the pivoted arm.

12. The combination of a frame, a cigar-receiving member therefor, saidmember having a seat therein for the reception of a cigar-tip,

an opening for the body of the cigar and a 7 seat for the tip, arotating cutter mounted beneath said seat and adapted to be reciprocatedto project into the seat, means for reciprocating the cutter and meansincluding a sliding rack for rotating the cutter.

14. The combination of asupporting-frame, a plurality of arms pivoted tosaid frame, a cutter-head pivotally secured to said arms, areciprocating and rotating cutter carried by the head, an angular armextending from one of the first-mentioned arms, a sliding memberconnected to said angular arm and adapted to impart a rotary movement tothe cutter, and means to reciprocate the cutter.

15. Thecombination of asupporting-frame,

a plurality of arms pivoted thereto, a cigar-re- 9 cigar-receivingmember to its normal elevated position after it has been depressed.

16. The combination of a frame, an arm pivoted to said frame, acigar-receiving member carried by said arm and having a seat therein fora tip of a cigar, a rotatable, vertically-reciprocating cutter mountedadjacent to said seat and adapted to be reciprocated to project into theseat when the member is depressed, means for elevating the receivingmember to its normal position after it has been depressed, to move thecutter away from the seat, and means operated by the movement of thecigar-receiving member for actuating the cutter.

17. The combination of a frame, a swinging arm carried by said frame, acigar-receiving member carried by said swinging arm and having a seattherein for the tip of a cigar, a vertically-reciprocating cuttermounted adjacent to the seat and adapted to be recipro cated to projectinto said seat when the swinging arm and the cigar-receiving member aredepressed, a spring for returning the arm and cigar-receiving member tonormal position after such parts have been depressed, and means foractuating the cutter operated by the depression of the cigar-receivingmember.

18. The combination of a frame, a cigar-receiving member, a swingingsupport connect ing the cigar receiving member with the frame, arotatable, reciprocating cutter carried by said cigar receiving member,and means actuated by the movement of the cigarreceiving member foroperating said cutter.

19. Thecombination of aswingingsupport, a cigar-receiving member carriedby said support, a vertically reciprocating and rotating cutter for saidcigar-receiving member, means for reciprocating the cutter and meansconnected to the swinging support adapted to im part rotary movement tothe cutter during the movement of the swinging support.

20. A device ofthe character described comprising a main frame, adepressible cigar-receiving member pivoted thereto, a rotary,reciprocating tubular spindle carried by said member, a tubularcutter-blade carried by the spindle, and means for actuating the spindleand the blade operated by the depression of the cigar-receiving member.

21. The combination of a main frame, a depressible cigar-receivingmember pivotally connected to the main frame, a reciprocating androtating cutter carried by said member, and means for imparting a rotaryand reciprocating movement to said cutter.

22. Inadevice of the class described, a movable cigar-receiving memberprovided with a tip-seat and with a finger-rest in a different planefrom said tip-seat, a reciprocating-and rotating cutter arranged totraverse the tipseat, and means actuated by the movement of thereceiving member for imparting reciprocating and rotating movement tosaid cutter.

23. Inadeviceof the class described, a movable cigar-receiving memberprovided with a tip-seat and with a finger-rest in a plane above thetip-seat, a reciprocating and rotating cutter arranged to traverse thetip-seat, and means for giving reciprocating and rotating movement tosaid cutter on the movement of the cigar-receiving member.

24:. In a device of the class described, a depressible cigar receivingmember, parallel arms pivoted to said member and adapted to sustain thesame in normal position during its up-and-down movement, a reciprocatingand rotating cutter, and means operated on the depression of said memberfor giving reciprocating and rotating movement to said cutter.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN WALKER.

